Lepidophthalmus turneranus

Lepidophthalmus turneranus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Callichiridae
Genus: Lepidophthalmus
Species:
L. turneranus
Binomial name
Lepidophthalmus turneranus
(White, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Callianassa turnerana White, 1861
  • Callianassa krukenbergi Neumann, 1878
  • Callianassa diademata Ortmann, 1891
  • Callichirus turneranus (White, 1861)

Lepidophthalmus turneranus (formerly Callianassa turnerana), the Cameroon ghost shrimp, is a species of "ghost shrimp" or "mud lobster" that lives off the coast of West Africa. It occasionally erupts into dense swarms, one of which resulted in the naming of the country Cameroon.

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